Ten charged after phones and drugs allegedly dropped into North West prisons using drones

Police have charged ten people after drugs and phones were allegedly air dropped into prisons across the North West and West Midlands using drones.

The eight men and two women, all from the West Midlands, have been charged with three counts of conspiracy to supply drugs, psychoactive substances and banned items, to several prisons including HMP Wymott in Leyland, police said.